- See if I can't find the egg.
Whoa!
Wow.
Whoa! Whoa!
Which tell me that there's probably...
Ow!
Which tells me that there's probably
an oviduct that is bent or twisted.
And, that's why...
Ow!
Listen guys, I know some of you might be watching,
going, "Like.."
Whoa!
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
Hey, good morning, everybody,
and welcome to the vlog.
We definitely have a pretty busy day in here,
but I'm gonna start it with checking colubrids
to see if we have any eggs, today.
And, I open up this box, and look at that!
A scaleless Texas rat snake with a nice clutch
of eggs in here.
Let's go ahead and pull her out.
We have some tours later on.
The Reptarium's open.
Pretty booked day, to be honest with you.
So, it's gonna be pretty amazing,
but, hopefully, we'll have some eggs
to pull, besides this girl, right here.
Let's go ahead, see, ooh, she's not
in a good mood, at all.
That's okay, mama.
That's okay.
Oop, it looks like she's got another egg
in her, too, but it's right down by the vent, there,
so I have a feeling we might be able
to push that one out.
I'm gonna go ahead, set her down really quick,
see if I can't get these eggs set up,
and then see if I can push that one egg out
because, again, it looks like she, kinda, stalled.
There's a little gap, by the vent,
so I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able
to get it out, or not.
But, nevertheless, I'm gonna go ahead
and see what we have here.
Again, it looks like we have four eggs,
but we're gonna have to candle these guys
'cause they're rolled all over the place, for sure.
I'll see if there's any other eggs hiding in here,
after I pull these out.
Let's see if we have anything else.
Looks like that's it.
So, it looks like she has four eggs,
one egg still stuck in her.
So, I'm gonna go ahead, set these up,
candle 'em up, and then, see if we can get
that egg out of that female.
And, again, I'm not 100% sure if I'm
gonna be able to get this egg out, or not,
but Mom is definitely in a very cranky mood,
which doesn't make this job any easier,
I can tell you that much.
She's got an, oh gosh, mama, come on!
Come on, stop biting!
Stop biting!
It's okay.
So, what I'm gonna do is just, kinda,
slowly aspirate out.
And, you can see the egg stops here,
and the vent is all the way here.
So, what I have to do is, hopefully,
be able to get that egg all the way down here,
like this.
In the mean time, she's just mad,
and she wants to bite.
That's all she wants to do.
So, I'm just gonna slowly get it in here.
Slowly get in here, and just see if I can't
find that egg in there.
I'm not sure.
All I can feel right now...
Stop, Mom!
Mom!
Gosh!
She is a hard one, for sure.
So, all I could feel is, actually, oviduct
in there, right now.
And, I've gotta, somehow, feel around,
and, hopefully, get that egg,
and see if I can't find the egg.
Whoa!
Mom! Whoa!
Whoa!
She is not happy, right now, at all.
And, again, you can, kinda, see, right here,
kinda see right there, that's there's just
oviduct coming out.
There's no real egg, so, I'm trying
to just find the passage to that egg, itself.
Which tells me that, there's probably...
Ow!
This tell me that, there's probably an oviduct
that is bent or twisted, and that's why...
Ow!
That's why I can't get that egg, right now.
Oh, this is so bad, and she is just biting me
like you can't believe, too.
So, I've gotta, somehow, see,
I might have found it.
Not sure.
Not sure. Oh!
No. I just can't.
It's really difficult.
And, I tell you what, guys,
I don't think I'm gonna be able
to get this egg out, right now.
Definitely, a little bit of a fold
or twisted oviduct, right here.
So, what we're gonna hope to do,
is we'll, actually, go in and maybe needle aspirate
some of that albumen out.
Which, I'll go in and, actually, suck some
of the albumen out,
and that'll, hopefully, deflate it,
that, hopefully, that fold or twist
that's in this oviduct
will, actually, kinda, go down.
And, listen guys, I know some of you
might be watching going...
Whoa!
Might be watching like, "Wow, it seems like you've
"got a lot of egg bound snakes."
But, the truth is, this is part of breeding snakes.
It's always this way.
I've been breeding snakes for 30 years,
and there's always a percentage of snakes
that go dystocia, which is what egg binding is.
And, again, it's complications of breeding.
That's part of breeding snakes.
So, this isn't a higher level.
I'm just bringing you guys along on the journey.
So, rather than hiding this fact,
I wanna bring you guys along, that way you guys
understand how this is.
And, a lot of times, we can get these eggs out
through an aspiration technique like this.
Some times, you can't because, this, obviously,
a fold or a twist in the oviduct.
So, I'm gonna set this girl down.
Get some of that albumen out, and, hopefully,
in the next day or two, she'll be able
to pass this egg, and she'll be set.
I'll keep you guys updated.
And, again, I think I'd be doing
an injustice if I didn't follow along
and show you all the good and the bad.
Sure, I could show you all the great clutches
we have, and no slugs, and no problems,
but that's no gonna really be the truth.
You know, this is the truth of what's behind it.
Again, we lose a very small number of animals
to egg bounding and other issues with breeding,
but it does happen.
That's part of breeding animals,
so I wanna take you guys along on that journey.
In the mean time, let's go ahead
and look for some more clutches of eggs.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
Clutch number two for the day
happens to be this girl, who is already out
of her box and everything,
so she is definitely done.
She looks good.
Definitely no eggs is stuck in her.
It's just, kinda, weird that we've only
had a couple egg bound females,
and they happen to both be Texas rat snakes.
Just, kind of, a weird coincidence.
Nevertheless, we'll get the shed
out of this girl's cage.
She looks absolutely amazing.
And, of course, she is a
het whitesided Brooks king,
or a south Florida kingsnake,
and she's bred to an anerythristic
het whitesided, so, hopefully,
we'll get some whitesided, some anerythristic
whitesided, and even, potentially,
some hypos, because those are possible hets.
Regardless, let's take a look
and see how many eggs.
Oh! Yeah!
Woo, doggy!
Look at that clutch of eggs, right there!
Woo, that's a nice clutch!
Definitely, a lot better than that first clutch.
There's no doubt about that.
Let's see how many eggs there are.
There's two, four, six, eight, 10, 12, 13!
The last Brooks king clutch was actually 12.
So we got 13 eggs, our biggest Brooks king clutch
of the day.
We'll go ahead and get everything marked up,
and we'll keep looking for eggs.
Just one more clutch of colubrid eggs.
It happens to be an Abbotts okeetee,
that is het for scaleless,
bred to an absolutely gorgeous Abbotts okeetee.
As a matter of fact, I'm gonna show you
that male right now.
Take a look at this beautiful monkey, right here.
Ha-hoo-ooh, doggy!
That thing is gorgeous, isn't it?
That's the proud daddy, and he's, actually,
been really good.
I think we had three or four clutches
from him, already.
So, let's hope this one is good, as well.
Let's see what we have.
Oh, yeah!
Looks good!
Absolutely!
Look at how beautiful this mama is, right here.
Yeah, looks like an absolutely
gorgeous clutch of eggs!
Might be one or two little sluggers in there.
Mama looks good,
looks like she's got all her eggs out,
which is fantastic.
We'll go ahead, get her back in here.
As always, we'll take shed out,
get water, and all that good stuff.
And then, let's see how many eggs
we actually have, here.
We have two, four, six, eight, 10, 11 good eggs,
and it looks like four little sluggers.
Not too bad.
That, actually concludes the colubrid eggs.
Let's go down in the dungeon,
and see if we have any python eggs or baby skinks.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
Now, I'll be honest with you,
I'm in a little bit of panic mode
because I have such a busy day,
I only have about a half hour
to get through and check everything,
and then, the rest of the day
is gonna be really booked.
So, I'm gonna, kinda, go through really quick,
see if we have any ball python clutches,
check for skins really quick,
and, if we do, pull those.
Guys, get ready, 'cause I get about a half hour,
I got my first tour, and then,
it's kinda back to back to back
all the way 'til we open up The Reptarium.
So, hopefully, we'll get some good
ball python eggs, and, hey, maybe we'll get lucky
and get some skinks.
(Ballpoint Territory music playing)
Turns out, we have two ball python clutches,
today, which I am super excited about!
This girl, here, is actually...
Woo!
It's a pastel hetfer cloud,
and she's, actually, bred to a ghost clown ball python.
Looks like she's got one egg out, over there,
but look at these beautiful eggs!
Woo! Woo!
Wow!
That is an amazing clutch, right there!
That is absolutely huge for such a little girl!
I mean, she can't be much more that 1,500 grams,
and look at the quantity of eggs she laid!
Oh, my gosh!
This is amazing!
I'm just gonna get these over here,
for a second.
I'll probably have to candle these all
because they were rolling around a little bit,
but we'll go ahead and do that.
Get these over here, and take a look
at how many eggs.
Two, four, six, eight, nine eggs!
Hoo-hoo-hoo!
Ready to go!
We actually have two ball python clutches today,
so that's an absolute ripper way to start.
I'm so happy we're getting some eggs, again.
Next clutch is, actually, a spider female
that's bred to a pastel vanilla bamboo.
That should be some interesting babies, for sure.
And, I know, some people aren't happy
about breeding spider ball pythons,
but, listen, I think that they're still amazing
animals, and again, I think, that everyone
should have the opportunity to make their
own decision.
If you don't like spider ball pythons,
I totally understand.
And, I'm not so sure that I'll be raising up
more spiders to breed in the future,
but the ones I have that aren't showing wobbles
and stuff like that, why wouldn't I, right?
Regardless, here's a beautiful clutch of eggs.
I'm gonna try to do this,
without getting bit really quick.
And, there's that clutch.
We've got two, four, six, eight, nine
beautiful eggs.
So, both clutches today were nine eggs.
Really amazing.
I think I'm, actually, gonna go do this
first tour because I've ran out of time.
I'll come back and check on skinks later on, today.
But, hey, it was an awesome way to start the day,
with a bunch of snake eggs.
We have my first tour, in
from Illinois, you said.
Right, guys?
- [Couple] Yes.
- Thank you, guys, so much for coming.
We've got Sunrise out, of course.
We're gonna have some good times.
Now, I can kinda take a deep breath
because this morning was absolutely manic.
Now, we're gonna have some fun, just looking
at a bunch of cool animals.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
Just starting my second tour of the day.
You guys came from Madison, Wisconsin,
and this was your birthday gift.
- Yes!
- [Host] So, happy belated birthday, by the way.
- Thank you.
- [Host] We have Ben and Jerry out, of course,
which is one of the first time they've been out,
being handled in the last couple months,
- Oooh.
- [Host] So, I haven't been taking them out,
so I hope you like 'em.
- Oh, yes.
They're amazing.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
- Just wrapped up my second tour.
I tell you what, I had so much fun today!
Both groups of people that came in
were incredible, and they were just super cool!
The ones from Wisconsin, that I just left with,
are gonna come back tonight,
so we'll see them again, tonight.
I tell ya, what a great way to start the day!
I do have a slight break in between,
so let's go check for baby skinks,
then we'll get back over here.
We have a big snake experience,
and one more tour before we open.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
Well, sadly, there's no baby skinks, today,
but trust me, there's a bunch of females
that are due to drop any time.
So, it won't be long before we're
collecting more babies.
I tell you what, I wanna see some baby skinks,
soon, so, fingers crossed, maybe tomorrow
will be the day.
This next event is, actually, pretty cool.
It's a half hour event with one animal.
So, an experience with that one animal.
In this case, they wanted to be either
with Sunrise or Snazz and spend
like a half an hour, just kinda, learning
how to handle big snakes.
So, it should be pretty fun.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
- She's eating carrots.
She really likes 'em.
But, sometimes, she has a hard time biting it off.
When she has a hard time, she lifts her foot up,
it's hilarious.
(laughing)
- [Host] Oh, my god, that's funny.
That's too funny!
He's silly.
And, of course, we're feeding more carrots
to the tortoises.
As per my friend, Kenan Harkin from Kamp Kenan,
they told me it helps wear down their beak,
we also have a slate in there that we, actually,
feed them off of, to wear down their beak,
as well, so we don't have to do those beak trims.
But, regardless, wrapped up this last
animal experience.
Really fun.
We have one last tour before The Reptarium opens.
And, they are here, now.
- And, it's in shadow.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
- Just wrapping up the last to-do's, here,
before we open for The Reptarium, here,
in a few minutes.
No idea if today's gonna be busy, or not.
It was a really beautiful day, outside,
so, again, going in to summertime,
we don't really know what to expect.
So, with a really beautiful day outside,
does anyone come to The Reptarium?
Do more people come?
I don't know!
We're about to find out.
It's time, guys.
It's ready to have a good time.
You ready?
(slapping his legs)
- What the heck was that?
(laughing)
- [Host] Hi, guys!
How are you?
Welcome, guys! - Hey!
- [Host] Come in!
Hi, how are ya?
How's it going?
Hi. Welcome, guys.
- [Man] Hi, how's it going?
- [Host] Oh, my god, that's awesome!
That's sweet! Thanks!
Thanks, guys.
Hi, guys!
How are ya?
Hi, how are you?
Welcome, guys.
Come on in.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
And, of course, things are going up,
here as always.
One day, I'll probably realize
that people are gonna show up.
I don't know.
For whatever reason, every day, I hope,
and, if I think like no one's gonna show up,
but it's definitely, definitely a busy night here.
We're having an absolutely great time.
Ah, I love this place so much!
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)
We're down to the last hour at The Reptarium,
so I'm gonna go and end the vlog.
I wish you guys an amazing day.
I hope that you enjoyed today.
Tomorrow's gonna be even better.
At least, I'm gonna think it's gonna be that way.
I love you guys.
You are amazing.
Do me a favor, be kind and so on.
I promise, I'll see you, tomorrow.
(Ballpoint-Territory music playing)